Question

The average distance from earth to the moon is 384,400 kilometers. what is this distance in miles, rounded to the nearest 100 miles?\

Answer 1

Given that the average distance from earth to the moon is = 384400 kilometers.

Now question says to find the distance in miles so we need to use conversion formula between kilometers and miles which is:

1.60934 KM = 1 mile

Then we just need to divide 384400 kilometers by 1.60934 to convert that value into miles.

384400/1.60934 = 238855.679968 miles

We also need to round answer to the nearest 100 miles.

So the final rounded answer will be 238900 miles.